Even if you don't have Word on your computer, you can open Word documents as long as you have Word Viewer. In this demo, a Microsoft employee who uses Word himself shows how you and your colleagues can download Word Viewer and the Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats. With these two downloads, you can open, print, or copy and paste from Word documents, without having to install Word on your computer.
You can download the demo here any time you like. If you want to see other content related to the demo, view the associated article on Office Online.

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